Stills from ‘XO’, CGI and AI generated film / HD Colour with sound, 10 minutes 20 seconds, 2026
Written and directed by
Fyerool Darma
Edited by
cinotiUHD
Production assistant
brozm
Sound Design
Victoria Yam (rEmPit g0dDe$$)
Sound Production Studio
Onyx Records
Narration
Popo ‘Rie’ Loko / Megisba Malaya
Title Card Design
Runtuhh Type Co.
Emblem design
cinotiUHD
Fabrication by
Red Orchid 99
The film and components of the installation was supported by Padimai Art & Tech Studio
Fyerool Darma
Edited by
cinotiUHD
Production assistant
brozm
Sound Design
Victoria Yam (rEmPit g0dDe$$)
Sound Production Studio
Onyx Records
Narration
Popo ‘Rie’ Loko / Megisba Malaya
Title Card Design
Runtuhh Type Co.
Emblem design
cinotiUHD
Fabrication by
Red Orchid 99
The film and components of the installation was supported by Padimai Art & Tech Studio
XO (2026) is an extension of Fyerool Darma's ongoing work kædæluwær§æk§§æk (A Xenographer's Index), first commissioned and presented at the Malay Heritage Centre, Singapore (2026).
Imagining an expedition into n**antara, a parallel world of the Nusantara, the installation unfolds as a cinematic and virtual double of Padimai's physical exhibition space. Here, a worker responds to an AI's job listing, "Memory Diver," and enters a process of extraction.
Narrated by a butterfly that remains in a room that no longer exists, the work asks what survives a system built to turn everything it encounters into data.
Imagining an expedition into n**antara, a parallel world of the Nusantara, the installation unfolds as a cinematic and virtual double of Padimai's physical exhibition space. Here, a worker responds to an AI's job listing, "Memory Diver," and enters a process of extraction.
Narrated by a butterfly that remains in a room that no longer exists, the work asks what survives a system built to turn everything it encounters into data.